Cephennium caecum (SAULCY, 1864)

Assing, Volker, 2021, On the Cephennium fauna of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 891-931 : 918

Cephennium caecum (SAULCY, 1864) ( Map 2 )

Material examined: FRANCE: 1♂, Pyrénées-Orientales, Lahorre, 4.VII.1976, leg. Meybohm (cAss).

Material from Spain examined by C. Besuchet (unpubl.): SPAIN: Cataluña: 3♂♂, 10♀♀, Gerona, Cadaques , leg. Besuchet, Zariquiey ( MHNG, coll. Español) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, Gerona, Llança , leg. Coiffait ( MNHNP) ; 3♂♂, Gerona, Port Bou , leg. Coiffait ( MHNG, MNHNP) ; 1♂, Barcelona, Gualba , Mas de Xaxars ("Mus. Barcelone") ; 1♂, Barcelona, Montserrat , leg. Franz ( MHNG) ; 1♂, Barcelona, Sant Medir , leg. Comellini ( MHNG).

The known distribution of this anophthalmous species is confined to the Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude (Southwest France) and to several localities in Cataluña, Northeast Spain ( Map 2 ). For numerous records and illustrations of the male sexual characters see OROUSSET (2018).

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Map 2: Distributions of Cephennium spp. of the C. caecum and C. tensum groups in the Iberian Peninsula and the Baleares, based on Besuchet (unpubl.), OROUSSET (2018), and examined material: C. atomarium (black circles); C. coiffaiti (white circles); C. caecum (black triangles); C. hypogaeum (white diamond); C. minutissimum (white stars); C. catalonicum (black diamonds); C. filabresicum (black star); C. andujari (white triangle).